carter duly schlepps his surfboard across knee high snow drifts and ice to the beach in brigantine. Today's a snow day from school for carter. But when it comes to this 10 year old and surfing, there's no such thing as a day off. When Covid sent the state into lockdown in 2020 carter vowed to keep busy by surfing every day. He's kept at it now for 590 days straight. So what, what makes you keep coming out here trying to keep the streak alive? I guess covert because there's nothing to do and since you're here, why don't I just keep doing it? It's fun and I got all these great things from doing it. So I guess I'll just keep doing it. The streak has earned carter notoriety through news coverage and social media and that's translated into some free gear and the ability to pay it forward. He's raised money for a local animal rescue and collected food for a local soup kitchen. His mom, Dawn is the driver and support staff helps make sure the streak stays alive. At first, the goal was 100 days then a year. Every time he reaches a milestone it gets bumped up. Now carter's shooting for 1000 days as any parent knows, time goes too fast and dawn knows these moments are precious. Even if sometimes like today it's a bit of a slog me and carter's dad. Um, we're just so happy that he found his thing and the ocean has just always been his thing that kind of like calms him and grounds him and he's so happy to be out there and we're happy to help his passion. Every day there comes one of your wave carter's enthusiasm and stoke is definitely contagious. Being in the water with him. Sure. Made this longtime sheriff for feel like a 10 year old kid again. And that feeling may be compelled me to share with him the view from a few decades down the road. I'll tell you one thing, right? It never gets any less fun.
'I'm just going to keep doing it': 10-year-old doesn't let snow or ice snap his daily surfing streak
Updated: 6:54 AM EST Jan 14, 2022
It was a snow day for Carter Dooley's school district in New Jersey. But snow and ice didn't keep the 10-year-old from his daily surfing routine.Dooley started going surfing every day when New Jersey first went into lockdown in 2020 at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 590 days later, he's keeping the streak alive."Since there is nothing else to do, why not keep doing it?" he told News 12 New Jersey. "It's fun. And I got all these great things from doing it, so I'm just going to keep doing it."His initial goal was a 100-day surfing streak. Then, he moved it to a year. Now, he's bumped it to 1,000 days.Dooley's parents help out with transportation and motivation. "Me and Carter's dad, we're just so happy that he found his thing and the ocean has always been his thing that kind of calms him and grounds him and he's so happy to be out there, and we're happy to help his passion every day," Dooley's mother, Dawn, said. Dooley has used the attention he's received on social media and local news coverage to help others. He's collected food for a soup kitchen and raised money for an animal rescue in his community.See him hit the waves in the video above.
It was a snow day for Carter Dooley's school district in New Jersey.
But snow and ice didn't keep the 10-year-old from his daily surfing routine.
Dooley started going surfing every day when New Jersey first went into lockdown in 2020 at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 590 days later, he's keeping the streak alive.
"Since there is nothing else to do, why not keep doing it?" he told News 12 New Jersey. "It's fun. And I got all these great things from doing it, so I'm just going to keep doing it."
His initial goal was a 100-day surfing streak. Then, he moved it to a year. Now, he's bumped it to 1,000 days.
Dooley's parents help out with transportation and motivation.
"Me and Carter's dad, we're just so happy that he found his thing and the ocean has always been his thing that kind of calms him and grounds him and he's so happy to be out there, and we're happy to help his passion every day," Dooley's mother, Dawn, said.
Dooley has used the attention he's received on social media and local news coverage to help others. He's collected food for a soup kitchen and raised money for an animal rescue in his community.
See him hit the waves in the video above.
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